Dotanically asring aot 
more might have been added, had it been confiftent with the 
limits of the paper. Some additional defcription of moft of 
them, the times of flowering and places of growth, were thought 
neceflary. Thofe plants which appear not to agree with the ef- 
fential generic characters of any known gentis, are inferted without 
any generic names, but the natural characters of the fructifi 
are particularly defcribed. Such as appeared doubtful are dif- 
tinguifhed by a mark of nterrogation. The Engli/b names are 
thofe by which the plants heave “Best called either here or in 
other parts of the world, except, in a few inftances, where no ' 
trivial name was known. The medical and economical ufes 
which are mentioned, are inferted from the beft private infor 
mation that could te perna ——— od au ; 
situ plain by? 
* The aom Tiape Fit lant." 
— In giving this account of indigenous plants, I have had op- 
portunity of inveftigating only thofe which were found grow- 
ing within the compafs of a few miles ; except a fmall num- 
at happe A at noticed ata Ta difitace: Many 
plants were minuted from frefh bloffonis i in full bloom, with 
the aid of a microfcope, and with as much attention as the lit- 
“gle leifure I have had for botanical enquiries would admit. But 
Fh —— examined any of them, for any other purpofe than 
nent, until the laft fummer, I doubt not errors will 
- foun dn this arrangement, which more time and further 
ation might have prevented. This I hope will be ad- 
| mitted as fome apology, by every experienced botanift, who 
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